[PATCHv1 1/5] arm64: dts: amlogic: Add cache information to the Amlogic GXBB and GXL SoC
Anand Moon
linux.amoon at gmail.com
Tue Feb 27 05:03:08 PST 2024
Hi Neil,
On Mon, 5 Feb 2024 at 22:50, Anand Moon <linux.amoon at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> As per S905 and S905X datasheet add missing cache information to
> the Amlogic GXBB and GXL SoC.
>
> - Each Cortex-A53 core has 32KB of L1 instruction cache available and
> 32KB of L1 data cache available.
> - Along with 512KB Unified L2 cache.
>
> To improve system performance.
>
> Signed-off-by: Anand Moon <linux.amoon at gmail.com>
> ---
> Datasheet
> [0] https://dn.odroid.com/S905/DataSheet/S905_Public_Datasheet_V1.1.4.pdf
> ---
As per the Arm Cortex A53 TRM documentation
[0] https://developer.arm.com/documentation/ddi0500/j/Introduction/Implementation-options?lang=en
Since this SoC supports arm-pmu we could read cache info using perf
[1] https://www.baeldung.com/linux/analyze-cache-misses
[alarm at archl-librecm ~]$ sudo perf list
List of pre-defined events (to be used in -e or -M):
branch-instructions OR branches [Hardware event]
branch-misses [Hardware event]
bus-cycles [Hardware event]
cache-misses [Hardware event]
cache-references [Hardware event]
cpu-cycles OR cycles [Hardware event]
instructions [Hardware event]
alignment-faults [Software event]
bpf-output [Software event]
cgroup-switches [Software event]
context-switches OR cs [Software event]
cpu-clock [Software event]
cpu-migrations OR migrations [Software event]
dummy [Software event]
emulation-faults [Software event]
major-faults [Software event]
minor-faults [Software event]
page-faults OR faults [Software event]
task-clock [Software event]
duration_time [Tool event]
user_time [Tool event]
system_time [Tool event]
armv8_cortex_a53:
L1-dcache-loads OR armv8_cortex_a53/L1-dcache-loads/
L1-dcache-load-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/L1-dcache-load-misses/
L1-dcache-prefetch-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/L1-dcache-prefetch-misses/
L1-icache-loads OR armv8_cortex_a53/L1-icache-loads/
L1-icache-load-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/L1-icache-load-misses/
dTLB-load-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/dTLB-load-misses/
iTLB-load-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/iTLB-load-misses/
branch-loads OR armv8_cortex_a53/branch-loads/
branch-load-misses OR armv8_cortex_a53/branch-load-misses/
node-loads OR armv8_cortex_a53/node-loads/
node-stores OR armv8_cortex_a53/node-stores/
br_immed_retired OR armv8_cortex_a53/br_immed_retired/[Kernel PMU event]
br_mis_pred OR armv8_cortex_a53/br_mis_pred/ [Kernel PMU event]
br_pred OR armv8_cortex_a53/br_pred/ [Kernel PMU event]
bus_access OR armv8_cortex_a53/bus_access/ [Kernel PMU event]
bus_cycles OR armv8_cortex_a53/bus_cycles/ [Kernel PMU event]
cid_write_retired OR armv8_cortex_a53/cid_write_retired/[Kernel PMU event]
cpu_cycles OR armv8_cortex_a53/cpu_cycles/ [Kernel PMU event]
exc_return OR armv8_cortex_a53/exc_return/ [Kernel PMU event]
[alarm at archl-librecm ~]$ perf stat -B -e
cache-references,cache-misses,cycles,instructions,branches,faults,migrations
sleep 5
Performance counter stats for 'sleep 5':
52794 cache-references:u
2311 cache-misses:u # 4.38% of
all cache refs
480343 cycles:u
140018 instructions:u # 0.29
insn per cycle
15012 branches:u
46 faults:u
0 migrations:u
5.008073381 seconds time elapsed
0.000000000 seconds user
0.006952000 seconds sys
Thanks
-Anand
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